Florometra serratissima  (Common Feather Star)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2066)

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Photo Location	Sitka Sound, SE Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Rocky subtidal pinnacles
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 18, 2007
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Photo ID #	2066
Comments	This amazing animal can swim by rapidly undulating its arms. This is the only shallow common crinoid found in the Eastern Pacific, although an unidentified stalked crinoid is often seen snagged by deepwater fishing gear in Alaska.